I have led English successfully in several schools. This document is an example of an action plan for leading English in primary, which would be useful for English subject leaders. Included are ten objectives for improving both progress and attitudes to reading and writing and 100 strategies for achieving these objectives.

This resource consists of a bumper pack of book related quizzes with two levels of difficulty for primary aged children. Included are eight quizzes: Book Quiz - difficulty 1 Character Quiz - difficulty 1 Setting Quiz - difficulty 1 Title Quiz - difficulty 1 Book Quiz - difficulty 2 Character Quiz - difficulty 2 Setting Quiz - difficulty 2 Title Quiz - difficulty 2 This quiz is fully editable and also includes answers. Please leave a review if you find this resource useful. Thank you ! You may also be interested in these resources: Pop Quiz September Assembly / Lesson Pack Roald Dahl’s Birthday Pack Talk Like a Pirate Day Pack Autumn Equinox Pack Harvest Festival Pack Free Getting to Know You Games

50+ page PowerPoint presentation with 50 multiple choice and true/false quiz questions based on the world of pop music in 2023. This is a visual presentation with a range of pictures, which are all copyright free. Two versions are included - one with the answers on each slide and one with the answers at the end of the presentation. Also included is a worksheet on which to write the answers and an answer sheet. Please leave a review if you find this resource useful. Thank you! Comprises: Paparazzi Round, Lyrics Round, Collaboration Round, Pop News Round, Album Round, plus 4x ‘just for fun’ bonus activities. Sample Questions: What is the name of this artist? A,B,C or D? Kanye West joined Drake on the song Meltdown. True or False? Which of these is the name of an Ed Sheeran album? A,B,C or D? What comes next in George Ezra’s Green Green Grass? A,B,C or D? Which Scottish singer lost his voice on stage at Glastonbury Festival? You may also be interested in these resources: Book Quiz September Assembly / Lesson Pack Roald Dahl’s Birthday Pack Talk Like a Pirate Day Pack Autumn Equinox Pack Harvest Festival Pack Free Getting to Know You Games Tags: Music Quiz, Music Lesson, Music Activity, Music Presentation, Pop Quiz, Pop Lesson, Pop Activity, Pop Presentation, News Quiz, News Lesson, News Activity, News Presentation, End of Year Quiz, End of Year Lesson, End of Year Activity, End of Year Presentation, End of Term Quiz, End of Term Lesson, End of Term Activity, End of Term Presentation, Back to School Quiz, Back to School Lesson, Back to School Presentation, Start of Term Quiz

24 page PowerPoint presentation and resources for a training session on phonics / Letters and Sounds which is suitable for teachers or support staff. The presentation includes: What is Phonics? Terminology Letters and Sounds Phases How to Structure a Phonics Session Ideas for Activities Irregular Words Split Vowels The Phonics Screening Check and Dos and Don’ts. This presentation is interactive and includes five activities including a quiz. Hand outs are also included. This resource is fully editable and all images are copyright free. Please visit my shop for other English resources and leave a review if you find this helpful. Thank you! You may also be interested in the following English Staff Meetings: WRITING Staff Meeting: SPAG Activities (Grammar, Spelling, English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding enjoyable activities for teaching spelling, punctuation and grammar. WRITING AND READING Staff Meeting: Activities for Teaching Reading and Writing (SPAG, English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting in which staff will learn about and participate in five strategies for improving English skills. READING Staff Meeting: Pedagogy / Strategies for Reading A staff meeting regarding the teaching and learning of reading. WRITING Staff Meeting: Punctuation (English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding subject knowledge of punctuation and ideas for teaching activities.

This resource consist of 100 alien word flashcards and 100 real word flashcards to use in preparation for the phonic screening check. The words reflect the phonics content in the current national curriculum, and include multi-syllable words and the more unusual graphemes which have appeared on previous papers such as oe, au, e-e, ore, ie and ue. These flashcards can be used for teaching and also for sharing with parents. The resource is fully editable and the images are copyright free. Please see my other phonics resources including all you need for an ‘Alien Day’ of fun phonics challenges.

This document contains over 150 questions stems which reflect every question used in the new SATs reading papers. The stems have been cross referenced with the 2016 sample reading papers for KS1 and KS2, the 2016 reading papers for KS1 and KS2 and the 2017 reading papers for KS1 and KS2. The question stems are sorted into tables for content domains 1A-1E for KS1 and 2A-2H for KS2 and next to each question stem is the original question from the SATs paper so that you can see an example of how to use it. Also included is a list of all the question types which have ever been used e.g. ‘ordering question’, ‘tick a drawing question’. This document can be used to create your own reading comprehension which reflects the new content and will prepare pupils for the reading SATs. Please visit my shop for other useful resources for English leaders/ coordinators. Tags: question stems, reading comprehension question stems, reading papers, KS1 reading paper, Year 2 reading paper, KS2 reading paper, Year 2 reading paper, Year 6 reading paper, SATs preparation

22-page editable and colour-able booklet in which pupils can record their memories of the academic year 2018-2019. Includes opportunities for pupils to write about themselves, their teachers, friends and achievements. Also includes reflections on learning, word searches, quizzes based on school topics, letter writing and more! Top resources: Bastille Day Pack, Independence Day Pack , St Swithin’s Day Pack, Tour de France Presentation , Tour de France Activity Pack, End of Year Memory Booklet All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this resource useful. Thank you! Tags: End of Year Book, End of Term Booklet, End of Term Memory Book, End of Year Booklet, Memory Book, Memory Booklet, Memento Book, Memento Booklet, Memory Book 2018

This resource consists of spelling lists for reception to year 6. The lists are also presented in a precision teaching grid format. To make this resource, I referred to the common exception word lists in the National Curriculum which consist of combined word lists for years 3 and 4 and for years 5 and 6. I separated these by difficulty to create lists for each year group. The words for reception to year 2 are from the National Literacy Strategy. Please leave a review if you find this resource helpful.

This is a two-page resource which includes a text about Easter traditions and ten inference/ language/ retrieval questions. It is suitable for year 2 pupils but could also be used for some groups in year 3 or 4. Please see my other Easter resources and leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!

A staff meeting regarding enjoyable activities to teach spelling, punctuation and grammar. This pack provides all resources needed for an hour-long staff meeting about activities to use in class for teaching spelling, punctuation and grammar. Your staff team will look at examples of SPaG questions from SATs, reflect about the SPaG requirements for their year group and how they have been covered, complete a grammar terminology activity, take part in whole group grammar activities and then try out several fun grammar activities on their tables. I delivered this meeting to a large staff team and received a round of applause! Included: - requirement activity - terminology activity - spelling strategies - grammar activities to demonstrate to team (x7) - grammar activities for staff to participate in on tables (x5) - 10 files to download This resource is fully editable, up to date for 2017-2018 and all images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you! You may also be interested in the following English Staff Meetings: WRITING AND READING Staff Meeting: Activities for Teaching Reading and Writing (SPAG, English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting in which staff will learn about and participate in five strategies for improving English skills. PHONICS Staff Meeting: Subject Knowledge and Teaching Strategies A staff meeting for teachers or support staff regarding phonics theory and how to teach phonics. READING Staff Meeting: Pedagogy / Strategies for Reading A staff meeting regarding the teaching and learning of reading. WRITING Staff Meeting: Punctuation (English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding subject knowledge of punctuation and ideas for teaching activities.

This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation with four supporting word documents for an hour-long training session on methods for teaching reading. Includes: - looking at a range of methods of teaching reading from the past and present - an activity in which staff attempt to decode five mystery texts - discussion of diagrams which show the skills used for reading - a task to match activities to reading skills and - an opportunity for teachers to reflect on the provision for reading in their own classrooms. This staff meeting is interactive, up to date for 2017-2018 and fully editable. It has been tried and tested with a large staff team and well received. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you! You may also be interested in the following English Staff Meetings: WRITING Staff Meeting: SPAG Activities (Grammar, Spelling, English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding enjoyable activities for teaching spelling, punctuation and grammar. WRITING AND READING Staff Meeting: Activities for Teaching Reading and Writing (SPAG, English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting in which staff will learn about and participate in five strategies for improving English skills. PHONICS Staff Meeting: Subject Knowledge and Teaching Strategies A staff meeting for teachers or support staff regarding phonics theory and how to teach phonics. WRITING Staff Meeting: Punctuation (English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding subject knowledge of punctuation and ideas for teaching activities.

Halloween is on the October 31st. This resource consists of a quiz worksheet and a visual, 30-page PowerPoint presentation which includes: • important vocabulary • key information about Halloween • the history of Halloween • Halloween celebrations • Halloween traditions • Halloween superstitions • Halloween foods • haunted places • interactive scary film activity • interactive Halloween food activity • fun Halloween picture spotting activity • quiz • useful images • links to videos and more! You may also be interested in these resources: Pop Quiz Black History Month Pack Please note that the quiz questions are the same as those on the presentation, and that the answers are at the end of the presentation. This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!

Burns Night is on January 25th. This resource consists of a visual, 30+ page PowerPoint presentation which includes: • important vocabulary • key information about Burns Night • the history of Burns Night • Burns Night celebrations • Burns Night traditions • the life of Robert Burns • what happens at a Burns supper? • extracts from his poems with links for listening • interactive poem counting activity • interactive Scottish food matching activity • interactive Scottish word matching activity • quiz • useful images • links to videos and resources and more! Also included is a worksheet to accompany the quiz. Please note that the quiz questions are the same as those on the presentation, and that the answers are at the end of the presentation. This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you! Tags: Robert Burns Burns Night Assembly, Burns Night quiz, Burns Night lesson, Burns Night Worksheet, Burns Night 2018 Burns Supper

Diwali is on the 7th November. This resource consists of a quiz worksheet and a visual, 30-page PowerPoint presentation which includes: • Important vocabulary • Key information about Diwali • The history of Diwali • Diwali celebrations • Diwali traditions • The Rama and Sita Story • The significance of the five days of Diwali • Interactive picture activity • Interactive prayer activity • Matching activity • Quiz • Useful images • Links to videos and more! Please note that the quiz questions on the worksheet are the same as those on the presentation, and that the answers are at the end of the presentation. You may also be interested in these resources: 2017 Pop Music Quiz 2017 Film Quiz Tags: Diwali 2018, Diwali Assembly, Diwali Quiz, Diwali Worksheet, Diwali Activity, Diwali Activities, History of Diwali, Diwali Presentation, Diwali Lesson, Rama and Sita Lesson, Rama and Sita Worksheet, Rama and Sita Story This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!

This pack consists of resources for an hour-long staff meeting which introduces five strategies for improving English skills. In this session, quick and easy activities including reciprocal reading, dictation, language drill, reciprocal reading, precision teaching and dictogloss are clearly explained then demonstrated to staff. Practitioners are then given time at meeting to choose a strategy and plan a session to carry out with pupils. This staff meeting has been tried and tested with a large team of teachers and received glowing feedback. This resource is fully editable, up to date for 2017-2018 and all images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you! You may also be interested in the following English Staff Meetings: WRITING Staff Meeting: SPAG Activities (Grammar, Spelling, English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding enjoyable activities for teaching spelling, punctuation and grammar. PHONICS Staff Meeting: Subject Knowledge and Teaching Strategies A staff meeting for teachers or support staff regarding phonics theory and how to teach phonics. READING Staff Meeting: Pedagogy / Strategies for Reading A staff meeting regarding the teaching and learning of reading. WRITING Staff Meeting: Punctuation (English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding subject knowledge of punctuation and ideas for teaching activities.

This resource is a pack of three reading comprehensions on the subject of ancient Rome. The topics are as follows: Entertainment in Ancient Rome, The Roman Army and The Roman Baths. They are designed for KS2 and the questions reflect content domains 2a- 2d: explaining the meaning of words in context, retrieval, summarising and inference using evidence. Question formats include multiple choice, true/false, ordering and find and copy. Answers are included. Please see my other Roman resources including an assembly script, a Roman day resource and a Roman activity pack. Please leave a review if you find this resource useful.

Visual 30+ page presentation for an assembly or lesson on Star Wars Day with accompanying quiz worksheet. Star Wars day is on May the 4th. Includes: • important vocabulary • key information about Star Wars day • what is Star Wars? Star Wars films • characters, plot, setting, the Force • the success of Star Wars • the first Star Wars Day • Star Wars Day celebrations • the fantasy genre • interactive ‘Speak like Yoda’ activity • ‘Complete the Star Wars Quote’ activity • interactive anagram activity • quiz • useful information and images, Star Wars galaxy map • video and website links and more! Please note that the quiz questions on the worksheet are the same as those on the presentation and that the answers to the quiz are at the end of the presentation. This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you! TAGS: Star Wars Day Lesson, Star Wars Day Quiz, Star Wars Day Assembly, May the Fourth Lesson, May the Fourth Quiz, May the Force Assembly

This resource includes all you need for a five lesson letter writing unit. Pupils will write a formal letter to the education secretary regarding whether SATs should be banned or kept. Includes: - News articles discussion - Discussion opinions of professionals based on extracts - Annotating features of formal letters - Adverb activity - Debate activity - Modal verb activity - Formal / informal language activity - Letter drafting - Letter writing This presentation is fully editable and copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this helpful. Thank you.

This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation with ten punctuation and grammar activities reflecting the spelling, punctuation and grammar requirements from the year 2 curriculum for English: capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, time conjunctions, compound sentences, subordination, apostrophes for possession, noun phrases and commas in lists. These activities are based on an animal theme and each one lasts for 5- 15 minutes. This resource could be used for standalone grammar sessions or as an English starter. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!

Presentation about fidget spinners which could be used in an assembly or lesson. Content includes: • What are fidget spinners? • Where did fidget spinners come from? • What do fidget spinners do? • Types of fidget spinner • What do teachers think of them? • What do children think of them? • How do they compare with other crazes? Also included are a range of issues to discuss and ten true or false questions. This presentation is aimed at primary aged children but could be adapted for older pupils.